Ironing-board



(No Model.)

D. MGDONOUGH.

. IRONING BOARD.

PatentedvApr. 19,1898.

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UNiTnn STATES PATENT Thron.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,563, dated April19, 1898.

Application tiled April 2D, 1897.

T 0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that LDnNNrsoN Mo DoNoUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State oflVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Board, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of ironing-boards which aresupplied with a leg and which when in service are fitted to the edge ofa table, shelf, or similar projecting support, the latter being clampedbetween the rear end of the ironing-board and the upper end of the leg.

One of the objects of this invention is to strengthen and brace theironing-board from its supporting-leg, so as to obviate springingthereof, and to provide for raising and lowering the leg to adapt it tothe height of the support to which the ironing-board is fitted.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View showingan ironing-board having the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a frontview. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, parts being broken away and showingthe leg adjusted so as to grip the support between its upper end and thelongitudinal cleats applied to the lower side of the ironing-board.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in thefollowing descriptionand indicated in the several views of the drawings by the sannereference characters.

The ironing-board l is of ordinary construction and is notched at itsrear end to receivethe upper end of the leg 2 and is strengthened bylongitudinal cleats 3, secured to its under side and between which ispivoted the leg 2, said cleats being spaced apart a sufficient distanceto admit of the leg folding between them when it is required to reducethe strucserai No. 633,031. on model.)

ture to a compact form for storing or placing aside. The cleats arenotched at their rear ends, as shown at 4, so as to receive the edge ofa table 5 or other support between the ironing-board and the cleats,thereby enabling the ironing-board to be placed either beneath or abovethe support, as desired. To ad mit of this result, the leg 2 `hasadjustable connection with the cleats, as clearly indicated, by means ofa pin a, adapted to pass through one of a number of openings l) in theleg and through transversely-ahmed openings in the cleats. Y

A T-brace 6 has pivotal connection at its head with the cleats and isadapted to fold into the space formed between the said cleats, and thepurpose of this brace is to stiften and strengthen the ironing-boardwhen in service by having its lower end engaging with the leg at asuitable point. To prevent slipping of the brace when engaged with theleg, a dog 7 is engaged therewith, said dog having pivotal connectionwith the leg and provided at one edge with a series of notches 8,forming shoulders to engage with the lower end of the brace and hold itin place.

The lower end of the leg is provided with an adjustable foot 9, in theshape of a cam or eccentric, having pivotal connection with the leg andlocated in a slot formed therein. This foot has a series of openings10,disposed in the arc of a circle having its center coincident with thepivotal support of the foot, and openings are provided in the lower endof the leg in the portions bordering upon the slot, and a pin ll passesthrough these openings and any one of the openings lO in registertherewith, so as to secure the foot in an adjusted position. By removingthe pin l1 and turning the foot 9 upon its pivotal support the leg maybe supported to adapt the ironing-board to the elevation of the table orsupport to which it is clamped, and after the foot has been moved to therequired position it is held in place by passing the pin l1 throughregistering openings in the 4slotted portion of the leg and foot, aswill be readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. Incombination, an ironing-board, a leg having pivotal connectiontherewith, a brace ICO pivoted at its upper end to the ironing-boardvand adapted to have its lower end engaged with the leg, and a dog havingpivotal connection with the leg and provided with a series of notchesforming shoulders to engage with the lower end ot' the brace and retainit in place, substantiall7 as set forth.

2. In combination, an ironing-board having its rear end notched,longitudinal cleats secured to the bottom side of the ironing-board uponopposite sides of the notch therein, and having their rear ends notched,a leg provided with a series of transverse openings in its upper end, apin adjustably connecting the leg with the cleats to admit of theironingboard being secured against either the top or the bottom side ofthe table as described, a brace adj ustably interposed between theironing-board and leg, a foot having pivotal connection with the leg andformed with a series of openings,and a fastening for adjustably Yconnecting the foot with the leg, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3. The combination with an ironing-board, and a leg having pivotalconnection therewith and slotted at its lower end, of a foot of cam formhaving pivotal connection with the leg and located in the slot thereof,and having a series of openings, and a pin adapted to pass through oneof the series of openings of the foot and corresponding openings in theslotted portion of the leg, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DENNISON MCDONOUGH. lVitnesses:

Jos. W. SINGLETON, FRANK GROUNDUATE.

